Despite this maddening Thunder season, Billy Donovan is not a marked man. Marked-up man? Sure.
After two full seasons in which Donovan displayed his NBA coaching acumen despite 27 straight years on a college campus, Donovan is taking his hits. A Thunder roster that we all thought could at least stand up to Golden State and could match the rest of the best of the West, has instead staggered to a 23-20 record.
The problems are many. Offense one week, defense the next. The Thunder, so good in close games last season, is mediocre in close games this season.